Showing papers in "Applied Surface Science in 2016"

TL;DR: In this article, an empirical methodology using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is developed to quantify the oxidation state of hydrous multivalent manganese oxides with an emphasis on birnessite, a layered structure that occurs commonly in soils but is also the oxidized endmember in biomimetic water-oxidation catalysts.

TL;DR: A ternary magnetic composite consisting of graphene oxide (GO), diethylenetriamine and Fe3O4 nanoparticles (AMGO) was synthesized by a facile one-step reaction route and characterized.

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption of CO and NO molecules on the Au, Pt, Pd, or Ni doped MoS2 monolayer has been studied.

TL;DR: In this article, the results showed that the sequence of the materials ability in the combination of adsorption and degradation was MIL-101(Fe), MIL-100, MIL-53, and MIL-88B(Fe).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the fundamental and critical issues in the photocatalytic activity of metal deposited titania taking into consideration the influence of various parameters like preparation methods, metal dispersion on titania, formation of heterojunctions and optimum metal loadings on the interfacial charge carrier dynamics.

TL;DR: In this paper, the formation of 2D heterojunction between the g-C 3 N 4 and MoS 2 nanosheets was shown to promote the charge transfer and enhanced separation efficiency of photoinduced electron-hole pairs.

TL;DR: In this article, a molecular imprinted TiO2/graphene photocatalyst was successfully prepared with bisphenol A (BPA) as the template molecule (target pollutant) and o-phenylenediamine (OPDA) as functional monomers by the surface molecular imprinting method.

TL;DR: In this paper, the interfacial tension, contact angle, emulsification and emulsion properties of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and polysorbate 80 (Tween 80) surfactants against crude oil have been investigated in presence of sodium chloride (NaCl) and alkalis viz. sodium hydroxide (NaOH), sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3 ), ammonium hydroxides (NH 4 OH), sodium metaborate(SMB) and

TL;DR: Co-precipitation is a common method for the preparation of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and related materials as mentioned in this paper, and it has been shown to be useful for direct synthesis of LDHs with a wide range of interlayer anions.

TL;DR: In this article, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) were deposited onto graphite-like carbon nitride nanosheets (CNNS) to form CNNS/CQD composites.

TL;DR: In this paper, the microstructural evolution of the preferred orientation and electrical conductivity of zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films prepared by ion beam sputtering was reported.

TL;DR: In this article, a mesoporous Ni/CeO2 catalyst was used as a support to the hard-template method to prepare mesopore Ni-O2 precursors for CO2 catalytic hydrogenation methanation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used element doping to tune the band gap and absorption intensity of visible light by increasing the formed N-B-C (B CN ) of B-g-C 3 N 4 for the photocatalytic reduction of UO 2 2+.

TL;DR: In this paper, the laser surface modification of 304S15 stainless steel to develop superhydrophobic properties and the subsequent application for homogeneous spot deposition was reported, with steady contact angle of ∼154° and contact angle hysteresis of ∼4°.

TL;DR: In this article, an improved photocatalytic H2-production performance over CdS nanorod using cobalt-phosphate (Co-Pi) as a water oxdation cocatalyst was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a facile, green, and fast method was developed in the synthesis of fluorescent nitrogen-doped carbon dots (CDs) with nitrogen content of 5.23%, using one-pot microwave treatment of lotus root (LR), without using any other surface passivation agents.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive study of the mechanisms of Ohmic contact formation on GaN-based materials is presented, discussing the role of single metals composing the stack and the modification induced by the thermal annealing, either on the metal layers or at the interface with GaN.

TL;DR: In this article, highly efficient visible-light-driven Ag3PO4/MoS2 composite photocatalysts with different weight ratios of MoS2 were prepared via the ethanol-water mixed solvents precipitation method.

TL;DR: In this article, three-dimensional rod-like carbon microstructures derived from natural ramie fibers and two-dimensional carbon nanosheets derived from corncobs have been fabricated by heat treatment at 700°C under argon atomsphere.

TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid polymer (epoxy) matrix composite has been strengthened with surface modified E-glass fiber and iron(III) oxide particles with varying size, the particle sizes of 200nm and

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and efficient method for the green synthesis of fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from sugarcane bagasse, a renewable and sustainable resource, was developed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalytic activity of the nanocomposite films was investigated based on degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye which is a typical pollutant model.

TL;DR: In this paper, the adsorption and photocatalytic performance of NiFe 2 O 4 /ZnO hybrids were systematically investigated using congo red as a model contaminant.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the possibility of using femtosecond laser surface texturing as a method to reduce the colonization of Titanium alloy surfaces by Staphylococcus aureus and the subsequent formation of biofilm.

TL;DR: In this article, high-fluorescence nitrogen-doped carbon dots (N-CDs) were synthesized using the extract of unripe Prunus mume (P. mume ) fruit by a simple one-step hydrothermal carbonization method.

TL;DR: In this article, high positively charged nanofiltration (NF) membranes have been prepared via a layer-by-layer self-assembly technique using graphene oxide (GO) and polyethyleneimine (PEI).

TL;DR: In this article, a new nanocomposite was synthesized via deposition of MnO 2 on Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene (MnO 2 /NRGO) by sonochemical method, in which, the particles of manganese oxide were uniformly distributed on NRGO sheets.

TL;DR: In this article, the potential of exploding wire technique (EWT) to synthesize the copper nanoparticles using the copper metal in a plate and wire geometry was explored, which revealed existence of additional minority CuO phase, not determined earlier through XRD and TEM analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, magnetic Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles (NPs) were utilized to improve the mechanical and antibacterial properties of chitosan (CS)/gelatin (GE) composite nanofiber membranes.